TRIETSCH, Davis (1870-1935).Palästina-Wirtschafts-Atlas. Berlin: Orient-Verlag, [1926].

Extremely scarce atlas with attractive graphic design, showing Jewish economic activity in Palestine.

30 colour-printed maps and charts, four of which folding. (Contents leaf provided in facsimile, 2 very minor tears to outer margin of ‘Einwohnerschaft’ leaf, with index leaf to another of Trietsch’s publications, spotted.) Cloth-backed card portfolio, printed title label on upper cover.

FRESH AND VIBRANT COPY of the second edition. Trietsch was born in Dresden, Germany, before moving to New York, where he studied Jewish migration. In 1895 he proposed the Jewish colonization of Cyprus. Later, in 1897, he attended the First Zionist Congress at Basel, Switzerland, where he was one of only four Americans in attendance and the only American delegate. In the early 20th century, Trietsch moved back to Germany and settled in Berlin where he published material, such as the present lot, to promote the Zionist cause and emigration to Palestine. He himself settled in Palestine in 1932. ONLY 3 COPIES CAN BE TRACED IN INSTITUTIONS (Stanford, Kiel and Vienna). The maps and charts cover Jewish workers in Palestine, Jewish land ownership in Palestine, population density of Palestine, overview of Jewish industries in Palestine, Palestine imports and exports, Jewish capital investment in Palestine, etc.

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